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Phew! First Draft of New Crime Novel Written
Image: shirleyjacksonawards.org Haiku I think I mentioned it before, but if you missed it, clock over to the Trees for Life exhibition website and check out my Haiku. While there, why not also check out some of the fantastic paintings … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, charity exhibition, Coffee, coffee shop, crime, crime novel, Father's Day, Fiction, fire, Gatecrash, manuscript, newspaper, novel, online submissions, Ranfurly Review, sleeping in, submission manager, Submissions, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, Writing
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Summer Issue of the Ranfurly Review Launched
Image: Ranfurly-Review.co.uk I started my Sunday off, as ever, with a nice coffee and read of the paper in Costa Coffee in town overlooking Edinburgh Castle. I finally fond the perfect seat that allows for the best 3G reception, as … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, Edinburgh, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Art, chapbooks, Costa Coffee, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Editing, Facebook, Fiction, newspaper, Poetry, Poetry Supoerhighway, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Reading, recorded poetry, Silly Poems for Wee eople Vol.3, Stella, Sunday morning, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, websites, Writing
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Strong Characters Make Strong Stories
Image: iBug Quack An early doctor’s appointment yesterday morning meant I was up at my usual time – actually that’s a lie – I was up earlier than normal to make up for the loss of time towards BACCARA BURNING … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, chapbook, characters, cinema, coffee shop, Costa, Devon Ellington, Editing, Family, Fiction, Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, John Wayne, newspaper, Omni Centre, Poetry, revisions, sister, True Grit, Westerns, Writing
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A Dog’s Life
Image: iStock It had been put off a while but I allowed myself a bit of a lie in on Saturday morning. With no daughter about (she was at a friend’s house) the morning started slow and easy, which is … Continue reading
Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin
Image: TampaBay While perusing the pages of the electronic version of The Guardian yesterday lunchtime, I was delighted to discover that this very blog was highlighted for its Edinburgh Book Festival coverage in their Edinburgh Today supplement. This isn’t the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Freelance, Leith, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Alan Spence, Anthology, Apple, Autumn, book fair, commissionn, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Edwin Morgan, Fiction, GDR's, gig review, iPhone, Leith, Limp Bizkit, Macmillan Cancer Support, magazine, Music, newspaper, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, short story, summer, The Guardian, Walking, weater, websites
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Coffee With Hamsun
Image: Guardian.co.uk Edinburgh was mobbed yesterday morning with various events on in the city all at once. Not only was it the second day of the Fringe Festival—the first Saturday therefore the first really busy day—but I saw several stag … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, Books, Coffee, dinner, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Guardian, Hamsun Centre, home, Knut Hamsun, movie, newspaper, Normay, Rabbits, Reading, shoes, Shopping, Writing
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Observer Trouble
Image: Orhan Tsolak I can’t believe the rumours that the Observer might be going to shut its doors. I first picked up the scent of this from David Mitchell via Twitter, and it seems to have some substance to it. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, baby sitting, dogs, Fleet Street, journalism, journalists, media, newspaper, Observer, print, Reading, Swine Flu, the press, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Blackout
Image: Aussie Gall We had 7 inches of snow forecast last night. When I started coming round from my slumber I was shivering, so naturally assumed that snow had indeed fallen. Had it heck. The fuse that handles our heating … Continue reading →